[Slick_Footwork]

Whilst I respect the views of both arguments, I have to say I am in the Baggiesteve camp on this one.

I believe there is currently an unfortunate apathy within the club that smacks of lack of ambition and penny pinching with Charlie Taylor being a classic example. How can Pulis and Co have consistently chased him for over a year and then back off when frightened by the tribunal or fee level expected by Leeds. Has he become a poor player in that year? Has he suffered a long term career threatening injury? No on both counts.

I was full of hope with the announcement that we would be investing heavily in this Window and that we would be completing our business early. I now believe that to be a ruse to boost season ticket sales and I for one fell for it along no doubt with many others. I also sadly now believe we will end up with aging cheap 'has beens' and that hope I held that we will display some ambition, in the same way as those teams around us, will be extinguished.

As for Pulis, all of you know that the Baggieman is certainly not a fan and never will be given his boring defensive style. I find it difficult to accept the argument put forward regarding his short spell at Palace. That was now years ago and it was a case of 'shit or bust' and the gamble paid off. Had he stayed with Palace you can bet your bottom dollar he would have reverted to his usual defend, defend, defend style with which he is now tainted.

I can now see nothing in the future for us other than flirting with relegation and at best, a bottom half finish. Both Pulis and the board have had several windows to invest in an exciting future but have not really grasped the metal apart from the odd good signing. The change of ownership was last year a convenient smoke-screen to cover our lack of ambition. This summer, there is no excuse and one would hope the club will once more launch an exciting buying policy and bring in quality players of the right age and skill to cement a top half finish.

I'm not holding my breath......

The question with Taylor though, do we know we were definitely after him and if so, is he our first choice? There's a lot of information get 'leaked' to newspapers by agents just to drum up interest in their client.

The lad is out of contract, so it's an interesting one. Maybe we saw him as a squad player and would've took him if Leeds would've agreed a nominal fee outside of tribunal but decided not to gamble as they wouldn't agree to that.

I don't really understand the uproar anyway if he does go to Burnley. He's hardly proven talent. He looked very average to me in the games I saw him and couldn't force his way back into the Leeds side at the tail end of last season after injury.

If on the odd chance it is money related, it would again fall on the board rather than TP.

I can see where you're coming from regarding TPs style of play and agree, to a large extent. Although there's a lot wrong with our consecutive failure to back whoever is manager stemming from the board. This is why we will never really see what any manager is capable of.

But i'll judge this owner and TP at the end of the window.